Sugar-Coated Cuss Words. Should a Christian say Gee?

[Alcott]

My dad always says, "Rats!"

Ain't that taking Charlie Brown in vain?

 

[rbell]

I've been know to take the name of a false god in vain...is there anything wrong with shouting "Buddha", "Molech" or "Baal" when you stub a toe?

That could become a real pain in the Isis.

 

[blackbird]

The favorite I use is

"Well, I'll be John Brown!!!!!"

Except its gettin' harder and harder to say any sort of proper name like John Brown--------because there may be a real "John Brown" out there who hears me say "Well, I'll be John Brown!!!"----and is liable to get offended-----get his underwear all up in a wad or somethin' and be mad and want to "sue" me for sayin' his name in gesture!!!!!!!!

Another that I use is

"Dad nabitt, Little Joe!!!!!!!!"--------a favorite of Hoss Cartwright exclaiming to his brother, Joe!!!

 

[Tom Butler]

I've been know to take the name of a false god in vain...is there anything wrong with shouting "Buddha", "Molech" or "Baal" when you stub a toe?

I think hollering "Oh my Molech" is acceptable.

Firsts, it just doesn't seem to have the sting of "Oh my God."

Second, since he doesn't exist, he is not likely to either answer you or zap you.

 

[rbell]

I think hollering "Oh my Molech" is acceptable.

Firsts, it just doesn't seem to have the sting of "Oh my God."

Second, since he doesn't exist, he is not likely to either answer you or zap you.

Maybe "holy molech!"

 

[Tom Butler]

Maybe "holy molech!"

I like that even better.

 

[youngmom4]

Oh, wow..this has to be one of the funnier posts I've ever seen on this board. Having formerly been a truck driver and currently working as a correctional officer, I think I am going to stay out of the language debate. :thumbs:

 

[Tom Butler]

Oh, wow..this has to be one of the funnier posts I've ever seen on this board. Having formerly been a truck driver and currently working as a correctional officer, I think I am going to stay out of the language debate. :thumbs:

Hmmmm, what cuss word are you using "wow" instead of?

 

[Alcott]

"Dad nabitt, Little Joe!!!!!!!!"--------a favorite of Hoss Cartwright exclaiming to his brother, Joe!!!

I thought Hoss' main expression of disgust was "Dad-burn-it!"

How about this one: Hot ziggety dog and good ol' sassafras tea! ... Loel Passe, long-time baseball broadcaster, Houston Buffs and Houston Astros.

 

[rbell]

Oh, wow..this has to be one of the funnier posts I've ever seen on this board. Having formerly been a truck driver and currently working as a correctional officer, I think I am going to stay out of the language debate. :thumbs:

Yeah, I learned all the words I wasn't supposed to use from a CB...

:laugh:

 

[Jim1999]

As a diabetic, I never did sugar coat words! If I want to "cuss", I just speak proper Cockney English. You wouldn't have a clue anyway, I expect, but cor blimey if I do.

Cheers,

Jim

 

[blackbird]

As a diabetic, I never did sugar coat words! If I want to "cuss", I just speak proper Cockney English. You wouldn't have a clue anyway, I expect, but cor blimey if I do.

Cheers,

Jim

Sooooooooooo, Ninety-nine---------speaking "proper" English-----that's cussin'-------eh???????

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

Direct quote from blackbird(1864 mode)

"If they'd have left us alone--------we'd have taken Washington!!!!"

 

[rbell]

A true story:

one of my youth and I were putting rakes up in a shed (we had just finished raking yards of a bunch of widows in our area).

As the student (an 11th grade boy) and I put the last of the rakes in the shed and stepped out of the building (it had about a 6 1/2 foot ceiling), I heard a noise inside.

From the ceiling rafters, DIRECTLY OVER WHERE WE STOOD, dropped the largest water moccasin I have ever seen.

Imagine a twenty-foot rope, a foot in diameter. Then, imagine this snake swallowing that rope. It was huge. (Seriously, we found a skin in the shed later that measured 4 feet. We estimated this fella to be nearly five feet long and quite thick...a monster moccasin, the largest I've seen).

This snake had been inches from our heads! It fell to the ground (we were still only 4-5 feet away) and took off.

Now, I must tell you...this student with me is a godly guy. He'd been a leader in our group for some time, and he was always dependable when we did ministry or mission projects. I've always admired his walk.

Having said that, he jumped three feet straight up in the air, and stated an exclamation. I am still not sure as to whether he was telling me he was surprised, or if he was narrating what had just taken place. It could have been either (or both).


Now...as one who used to have a foul mouth, and as a student minister who really works with my kids on letting God control their speech...forgive me, but I'm just not sure if God might not let that one go. First Hezekiah does state that if a poisonous snake is inches from your head, and you suddenly discover it, you are allowed one free one, with only a minor reprimand.


(I'm kidding, but if I hooked all you people up to a polygraph....the results would be interesting!)

 

[Tom Butler]

As a diabetic, I never did sugar coat words! If I want to "cuss", I just speak proper Cockney English. You wouldn't have a clue anyway, I expect, but cor blimey if I do.

I think the American equivalent to cor blimey is "If I'm lyin' I'm dyin."

Or something like that.

In 2008 my wife and I spent a week in London. The matriarch of our host family suddenly let loose with "crikey." Somehow I don't think crikey will get you cor blimey.

 

[Tom Butler]

If any of you are golfers, you will understand why I say golf is an educational game. It teaches Christians how to cuss!

That reminded me of this true story. We were playing with a young minister one day, and one of the guys asked him, "when you make a bad shot, are you tempted to cuss?"

"Naw," he said, "I don't cuss. But when I spit the grass turns brown."

 

[Tom Butler]

Now...as one who used to have a foul mouth, and as a student minister who really works with my kids on letting God control their speech...forgive me, but I'm just not sure if God might not let that one go. First Hezekiah does state that if a poisonous snake is inches from your head, and you suddenly discover it, you are allowed one free one, with only a minor reprimand.

If I'd been there we'd need two free ones. And a defibrillator.

 

[Tom Butler]

I'll bet you Jim1999 is familiar with this expression, although I don't think it fits the description of a sugar-coated cussword.

Lord love a duck!

My beloved wife uses this all the time and she said she first heard it in London years ago.

She also uses an expression I had never heard before we met:

Crimenently! Pronounced Cry'-men-NENT-ly.

And I'm sure some of you have heard somebody say "Well, I never."

Never what?

 

[saturneptune]

"Well, I never."

Yes, its quite obvious.

 

[Tom Butler]

Originally Posted by Tom Butler
"Well, I never."

Yes, its quite obvious.

Yes I have, and I have two children to prove it.

Oh, that's not what you mean?

My bad.

 

[saturneptune]

Originally Posted by Tom Butler
"Well, I never."



Yes I have, and I have two children to prove it.

Oh, that's not what you mean?

My bad.

No, actually when I was growing up, lots of more well to do people would use that as an expression of frustration or a "sugar coated cuss word," and the expression "yes, it is obvioius" became the standard answer. It did not have a specific meaning, just how the recipient took it.